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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1957
Page
2
A brief opinion note reflects on Petrarch with a line about doubt and repose. The quote frames doubt as a precursor to calm insight, inviting readers to consider inward reflection as a path to steadiness.
The era of personal diplomacy is evident as West Germany leaders and others, including Eric Ollenhauer and Kurt Georg Kiesinger, tour North America and meet with U S officials. Prospective talks with Theodor Heuss, Konrad Adenauer, and Premier Guy Mollet illustrate ongoing efforts to shape policy, while Queen Elizabeth may visit and reshuffle Anglo American ties.
Columnist Dreig Pearson claims Agriculture Secretary Benson misuses statistics to argue farm payments fell mainly due to price support, while farm state Senators say Benson is out of touch. He cites a Spokane talk asserting only one fifth of losses from 1947 to 1955. farmers boosted production and bought higher cost inputs. Pearson says 73 percent of decrease stems from lower prices, 27 from higher machinery costs, and notes farmers have increased output with new machinery like the Holland hay baler. Senators vow to challenge Benson’s figures at future committee appearances.
The London Daily Mirror claims a circulation approaching four and a half million, stating it is the world's largest daily newspaper. Desert sunsets and broken translucent clouds are described as the most brilliant features in the sky.
Betty Jane Rorrer Garrington, former Beckley resident and Hamp ton native, heads the science department at George Wythe High School Hampton Virginia and supervised the annual science fair where 156 seventh to ninth graders and Wythe Science Club presented projects on atomic energy frog physiology and transistors. Ribbons were awarded for biology chemistry and physics with first second and third places. A ninth grade student built a sun powered transistor receiver that functioned using heat.
The article highlights student exhibits from Raleigh County featuring a lamp directed at selenium cells and a self made electronic organ in a seventh grade project. It notes science fairs boost interest, aid teaching, and link to state and national levels while inviting local men to join Girl Scout committees and events.
Peggy Kessinger reports on servicemen from Beckley and area, with assignments in Fort Sill Fort Chaffee and Fort Knox, including Pvt Ray R Snyder in Battery A history from September 1955, returning aboard USS Coral Sea after Mediterranean cruise during Suez era. Ohio area sailors and airmen also listed with basic and technical training at Lackland and Sheppard in Texas.
Hollywood reports Tommy Sands, 20, rising from Cliffie Stone’s Hometown Jamboree to NBCs The Singing Idol. Elvis Presley mentored him, Sands recorded Teen Age Crush for Capitol, and 22nd Century Fox eyed a movie contract. Sands recalls early crowds and Parker era ties, while Cagney quips on scandal absence as he nears 35 years with wife.
New York music publishers flock to Philadelphia to see Eddie Fisher’s homecoming and teenage appeal. Eddie fills the Latino Casino and plans stops in Boston and Las Vegas as manager Milten Blackstone boosts his profile. Abbie Lane, Doogie and TV chatter swirl around shifts in stardom. Anna Maria Alberetti arrives ill as Maelstrom at the Sheraton Hotel opening. Joe Pasternak looks to Hollywood as Bran Chot Tone marks his 32nd birthday at Moskowitz & Lupo witz with Delores Dorn Heft and Geraldine Fitzgerald. Red Buttons promotes Kyoto postcards while Jackie Kannon earns 3000 a week in Miami Beach.
Earl Wilson reports from radio circles on the Tin Pan Alley scene in Philadelphia, mixing whimsy with gossip about performers, writers, and socialites. The column riffs on pop culture anecdotes, theater links, and a running thread of light, bon mot observations.
A humorous survey of quirky facts and jokes reflects on changing values and everyday curiosities. It riffs on economics, science, and culture from Willem’s mailbag style, noting modest increases in body element costs, odd trivia, and playful sayings.
The passage presents a prayer asking Eternal God to make prayer a pattern in modern living and urges active faith through self-giving to serve others. It includes attributions to C. Baker Pearle of St. Louis Missouri, presiding elder, Missouri Annual Conference AME Church.
Marvin L. aged 10 a problem child in school rapidly heading for delinquency. His teacher used flash cards to teach unknown words after school until he learned 100 words and improved reading. The method boosted morale and reduced behavior problems. The piece promotes tutoring and a booklet How to Tutor a child at home.
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